Ralf Kempken

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Flinders Lane Bicycles
Stencil on canvas
90 x 90 cm

Espresso
Enamel and acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm

My Life Is 3D
Hand cut canvas
95 x 95 cm
Framed

Reading Between The Lines
Hand cut canvas
95 x 95 cm
Framed

Sorrento Pier
Enamel and acrylic on canvas
60 x 120 cm

Collins Street Spring II
enamel & acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm

Pellegrinis Interior #2
enamel & acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm

The Road To St Kilda IV
enamel & acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm

White Filter
hand cut paper screen
70 x 70 cm
Framed

Collins St. Patterns #4
Enamel and acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm

Empty Chairs #23
Enamel and acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm

Hill of Content
Stencil on canvas
90 x 90 cm

Royal Arcade
Stencil on canvas
120 x 200 cm

Royal Arcade #7
Enamel and acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm

Shadow Theatre #2
Enamel and acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm

White Nude 1
hand cut paper
100 x 70 cm
Framed

Blink Of An Eye
hand cut paper screen
70 x 100 cm
SOLD

Ralf Kempken Chair Shadows Bourke Street

Chair Shadows Bourke Street
Enamel and acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
SOLD

Collins Street Spring #3
enamel & acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
SOLD

Collins and Bourke Streets
acrylic on canvas
100 x 200 cm
SOLD

Crossing the Yarra (Green)
acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm
SOLD

Crossing the Yarra (Red)
acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm
SOLD

Dream Screen
Hand cut canvas
91 x 183 cm
SOLD

Empty Chairs
Stencil on canvas
90 x 90 cm
SOLD

Empty Chairs Large
Stencil on canvas
120 x 200 cm
SOLD

Empty Chairs XVIII
acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
SOLD

Florentinos (Waiting on Bourke #9)
acrylic and enamel on canvas
120 x 120 cm
SOLD

Grace
hand cut paper (framed)
50 x 50 cm
SOLD

Hill Of Content #4
enamel & acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
SOLD

Hill Of Content V
acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
SOLD

Loops and Seasons
Enamel and acrylic on canvas
91 x 147 cm
SOLD

Meet Me At Pellegrinis Landscape 6
acrylic on canvas
60 x 120 cm
SOLD

Melbourne Mirror
acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
SOLD

Melbourne Tram Journey XV
acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm
SOLD

Pellegrinis Bar XXXII
acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm
SOLD

Reflection
Cut paper screen (unframed)
50 x 50 cm
SOLD

Setting Sun Collins Street
Stencil on canvas
90 x 90 cm
SOLD

Setting Sun Collins Street 3
enamel & acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
SOLD

Setting Sun Collins Street IV
acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
SOLD

Short Trip Via Collins St #2
acrylic on canvas
50 x 50 cm
SOLD

Short Trip With Arkley Spots#1
acrylic on canvas
50 x 50 cm
SOLD

St Kilda Road
acrylic on canvas
120 x 200 cm
SOLD

Stereoscopic Whispers
Hand cut canvas
50 x 100 cm
SOLD

Still
acrylic on canvas
100 x 200 cm
SOLD

Sun and Moon
hand cut paper screen
70 x 100 cm
SOLD

Tickets Please (green)
acrylic on canvas
91 x 137 cm
SOLD

Trams & Coffee #1
acrylic and enamel on canvas
60 x 120 cm
SOLD

Travelling Under Plane Trees 2
acrylic on canvas
90 x 150 cm
SOLD

Via Collins St
acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm
SOLD

White Nude 2
hand cut paper
100 x 70 cm
SOLD

Young Histories
hand cut paper
120 x 70 cm
SOLD

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Ralf Kempken

Ralf Kempken Biography

Born in Germany, 1961
Living in Melbourne’s inner city for 25 years
Painting full time and exhibiting since 2001
Completed Diploma of visual arts at RMIT in 2005

Ralf Kempken Description

Ralf Kempken has been cutting and spraying multi layered stencils for years. From portraiture, iconic Melbourne cafes and modernist architecture, the stencil is used to spray images in countless variations. The underlying concept has always been that we filter all we see through past experiences and memories. Thus followed the evolution of the stencil which, up until now has been used as the tool to produce the painting, into the artwork itself. We all screen and frame our personal view of the world and with this in mind the stencils have turned into screens. Artwork that can be seen through and create optical illusions. The screens are intended as daily reminders that we have a conscious choice in how to look at the world around us.

All work is hand cut into paper, acetate, canvas or timber. With some outside help they can also be cut into steel. Ralf has been exhibiting continuously since 2001.

Ralf Kempken Resumé

Solo Exhibitions
2010 - Filter, Ochre gallery, Collingwood
2009 - looking in..., Gallery Ranfurlie, Glen Iris
2009 - now screening.., famouswhendead gallery, North Melbourne
2008 - c3 contemporary art space launch, Abbotsford convent
2008 - Interface, Powerhouse Arts Centre, Brisbane
2008 - Marios, Fitzroy
2008 - Interface, gallery launch, famouswhendead gallery, Melbourne
2005 - Marios, Fitzroy
2005 - Fitzroy galleries, Fitzroy
2004 - Marios, Fitzroy

Group Exhibitions
2011 - Fall In Love With Life, Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza
2011 - Ageless Icons, Manyung At Glenferrie, Malvern
2010 - the studio; Art Melbourne
2009 - freshlybakedgallery Sydney launch @ Oh Really gallery, Newtown
2009 - c3 contemporary art space, Abbotsford
2009 - Lauriston contemporary art exhibition, Armadale
2009 - I’m Here!, Ochre Gallery, Collingwood
2009 - the studio; Art Melbourne
2009 - Australian stencil art prize finalist; Sydney
2009 - freshlybakedgallery; www.freshlybakedgallery.com
2008 - Rebirth- Gallerysmith, Nth. Melbourne
2008 - c3 contemporary art space, Abbotsford convent
2008 - off the wall finalist – Art Sydney
2008 - Macarthur Cook art awards finalist, 45 downstairs Gallery, Melbourne
2008 - Melbourne stencil festival, featured artist representing Australia Asia region
2008 - off the wall finalist – Art Melbourne
2007 - Stencil festival, Perth
2007 - Urban art agenda, Perth
2007 - Stencil festival, Sydney and Brisbane
2007 - urban art agenda, Melbourne design festival
2007 - Fine cuts, Ballarat art gallery
2007 - Melbourne Stencil Festival
2007 - Selected cuts, Fringe festival Adelaide
2006 - Off the streets, Framework gallery, Cremorne, Sydney
2006 - Stencil Festival, Melbourne & Sydney
2005 - Melbourne stencil festival

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